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Tag Archives: Poland
Vinci (2004) Juliusz Machulski, Robert Wieckiewicz, Józef Paleczka, Borys Szyc
After several years of serving his sentence, Cuma – a notorious art thief is released Read More »
Woman in a Hat AKA Kobieta w kapeluszu (1985) Stanislaw Rózewicz, Hanna Mikuc, Maria Czubasiewicz, Barbara Dziekan
A psychological portrait of a young Polish theatre actress Read More »
Demons of War AKA Demony wojny wg Goi (1998) Wladyslaw Pasikowski, Boguslaw Linda, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Tadeusz Huk
In Bosnia a squad of peacekeeping soldiers ignores orders Read More »
Kanal (1957) Andrzej Wajda, Teresa Izewska, Tadeusz Janczar, Wienczyslaw Glinski
A symbolic depiction of hell on Earth, set in the last days of the Warsaw uprising in 1944. Read More »
Keep Away from the Window AKA Daleko od okna (2000) Jan Jakub Kolski, Dorota Landowska, Dominika Ostalowska, Bartosz Opania
Second World War. In a small village a couple fails to conceive. Read More »
Forbidden Songs AKA Zakazane piosenki (1947) Leonard Buczkowski, Danuta Szaflarska, Janina Ordezanka, Jerzy Duszynski
A Polish musician tells a young soldier about his wartime activity – setting up a street orchestra Read More »
Les Milles (1995) Sébastien Grall, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Ticky Holgado, Rüdiger Vogler
A World War II drama where people, many of whom opposed to Nazism Read More »
Emergency Exit AKA Wyjscie awaryjne (1982) Roman Zaluski, Bozena Dykiel, Jerzy Michotek, Maria Gladkowska
When her daughter unexpectedly gets pregnant, authoritative mother Jadwiga Read More »
Nights and Days AKA Noce i dnie (1975) Jerzy Antczak, Jadwiga Baranska, Jerzy Binczycki, Emir Buczacki
An epic saga of the Niechcic family, told from a woman’s perspective. Read More »
Ashes and Diamonds AKA Popiól i diament (1958) Andrzej Wajda, Zbigniew Cybulski, Waclaw Zastrzezynski, Adam Pawlikowski
Maciek, a young Resistance fighter, is ordered to kill Szczuka, a Communist district leader Read More »
The Farewell AKA Abschied – Brechts letzter Sommer (2000) Jan Schütte, Josef Bierbichler, Monica Bleibtreu, Jeanette Hain
It is one of the last days of an exceptionally hot summer in 1956. Read More »
Young Girls Of Wilko AKA Panny z Wilka (1979) Andrzej Wajda, Daniel Olbrychski, Anna Seniuk, Maja Komorowska
Set in the late ’20s. A thirtyish young man, who heads a small factory, faints at the funeral of a close friend. Read More »
Taboo AKA Tabu (1988) Andrzej Baranski, Grazyna Szapolowska, Bernadetta Machala-Krzeminska, Krzysztof Gosztyla
Story of a tragic love triangle that develops between a mother daughter and a farmhand Read More »
Leaves Have Fallen AKA Opadly liscie z drzew (1975) Stanislaw Rózewicz, Mieczyslaw Hryniewicz, Maria Klejdysz, Tadeusz Cygler
Henryk looks back at the last year of war and reminiscences the friends Read More »